Dr. Neil Mattson reviews how water quality factors such as pH can impact root disease susceptibility, pesticide applications and how to select appropriate fertilizers for your crops based on water’s alkalinity.
Healthy plants begin with good quality water. Neil will discuss why and how often you should get a laboratory water quality test. Learn how to interpret a laboratory irrigation water report – what factors should you really pay attention too (such as alkalinity, electrical conductivity, sodium, chloride, and nitrate) and which ones are less important.
Neil will review how water quality factors such as pH can impact root disease susceptibility, pesticide applications and how to select appropriate fertilizers for your crops based on water’s alkalinity.
Finally, learn how water quality can impact your long-term root-zone pH and electrical conductivity and how these can be managed with fertilizer selection and irrigation leaching fraction.
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